Censorship in Israel in 1962

A few years ago, during Postex in Apeldoorn, I casually looked through a large box of mail. Envelopes for one euro each. After several dozen items that were of no interest to me, I came across a large envelope covered with 18 American stamps and a few striking postmarks. I fished out this envelope and a few others and took them home to examine them further. According to the dealer, the American stamps were nothing special, which is why he had put them in the box of cheap postal items. And postmarks are hardly collected anyway. Especially not if the postmarks are not clearly recognizable. But first, the addressee. Clearly a philatelic address, hence 'philatelic' franking… Is sticking on a lot of stamps philatelic franking? Countless answers have already been given to that, and I won't go into it any further. But the address. The name 'The Holy Land Philatelist' sounded familiar. A quick look and sure enough, it was the publisher of a philatelic monthly magazine, 'Israel's Stamp Monthly', which appeared from November 1954 to September 1961. And Mr. Pollack had published a number of articles in it. He also wrote booklets, such as 'The Turkish Post in the Holy Land' in 1962.   Dr. Joseph L. Kurtzman was a writer of books, including those on Jewish art and synagogues. So the connection between these two addresses was clear. What the dealer in Apeldoorn probably did not consider important was the narrow strip on the left side of the envelope with 1016 ? in red. A number with a Hebrew letter next to it. The letter stands for the letter T (Taw). A censorship strip! And censorship is one of the collecting areas that interests me. And also the postal markings of the envelope. It had been sent by airmail as a registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt. The addressee therefore had to sign as confirmation of receipt, and this proof was then returned to the sender. Was the rate correct? A total of 88 cents had been paid using 18 stamps. Quite a nice sum for that time. That time?   On the back of the envelope, the folded part of the censorship strip was visible. On it were the words (translated: opened by censorship service).   The stamp impression from the office of dispatch, Charleston, South Carolina, was very clear: May 4, 1962. In contrast to the stamp impression from the Tel Aviv Yafo office, partly on the cellotape and partly on the envelope.     The year 1962 was a special year for Israel. Adolf Eichmann was tracked down by Siemon Wiesenthal in 1960 and captured by agents of the Israeli security service Mossad and transferred to Israel. In 1962, he was convicted of war crimes by an Israeli court and executed on June 1, 1962. Certainly an envelope to be kept, not only for its philatelic significance but certainly also because of the history of Israel during that very turbulent time.